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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Cost of college went up for resident students at Ohio University-Lancaster Campus

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In-state tuition and fees rose 8.5 percent for 2018-19 at Ohio University-Lancaster Campus, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Ohio residents paid $5,490 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $430 more than the $5,060 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 54.5 percent more than residents this year, or $8,482. Non-resident tuition and fees were reduced 11.6 percent from $9,596 in 2017-18.

About 99 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Ohio residents. And about 1 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 80 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 206 students received grants or scholarships totaling $913,618 and 136 students took out student loans totaling more than $470,180.

Including all undergraduates (1,568), 955 students used grants or scholarships totaling $3.3 million, and 870 students took out $3.2 million in federal student loans.

The cost of attending
Enrollment2015-162016-172017-182018-19Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state~1,552$5,092$5,060$5,060$5,4907.8%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Ohio University-Lancaster Campus in 2015-16.
Type of AidNumber of students receiving aidPercent receiving aidTotal amount of aid receivedAverage amount of aid per student
Federal grants16447%$681,103$4,153
State / local grant or scholarship185%$10,659$592
Institutional grants or scholarships7923%$221,856$2,808
Grant or scholarship aid total20659%$913,618$4,435
Federal student loans13538%$457,357$3,388
Other student loans41%$12,823$3,206
Student loan aid13639%$470,180$3,457
Total student aid28180%--

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